CHANGCHUN: China’s first independently developed hydrogen-powered urban train completed a test at a speed of 160 kph on Thursday, marking a breakthrough in the application of hydrogen energy in rail transit. The train, developed by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province, was tested on a test track belonging to the enterprise, achieving a full-system, …

BEIJING: In response to the recent U.S. moves on the chip sector, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said the United States has overstretched the concept of national security, abused export controls and disrupted the global semiconductor industry chains. The United States has been providing huge subsidies and tax incentives to its domestic chip sector, and some measures have been forcing …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday congratulated Prabowo Subianto on his election as Indonesian president. Noting that China and Indonesia are traditional friendly neighbors, Xi said that with the joint efforts of the two sides, the development of bilateral relations has embarked on the fast track, with increasingly consolidated political mutual trust, deepening synergy of development strategies and fruitful …

TAIYUAN: China’s coal-rich province of Shanxi extracted 1.99 billion cubic meters of coalbed methane in the first two months of 2024, up 13.6 percent year on year, accounting for about 79 percent of the country’s total, according to the provincial statistics bureau. Utilizing coalbed methane, a byproduct of coal, can help reduce risks in mining, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and …

BEIJING: Experts at an international forum on democracy have said that Chinese democracy and governance, characterized by being responsive to people’s voices, have proved effective. On Wednesday, more than 200 guests from home and abroad, including representatives of government departments and international organizations, experts and scholars, discussed topics related to democracy and global governance, both in person or virtually, during …

CHANGSHA: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for solid efforts to further energize the central region at a higher starting point. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while chairing a symposium on further energizing the central region in the new era. In …

HONG KONG: The Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday passed the safeguarding national security bill, a milestone by the HKSAR in fulfilling its constitutional duty as stipulated under Article 23 of the HKSAR Basic Law. The bill was passed in a unanimous vote during the third reading at the LegCo. According to the …

TAIYUAN: Fourteen people were killed and 37 others injured in a passenger bus crash in north China’s Shanxi Province on Tuesday, according to local authorities. The passenger bus crashed into a tunnel wall on the Hohhot-Beihai Expressway in Shanxi. Rescue forces have rushed to the scene and an investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.

CHANGSHA: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed that the purpose of running a school is not only to raise the students’ level of cultural attainment, but also to guide them to serve the country. Xi made the remarks when he visited one of Hunan First Normal University’s campuses on Monday during an …

BEIJING: China congratulates Mr. Mohammad Mustafa on taking office as the new Prime Minister of Palestine, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Tuesday. Lin made the remarks at a regular press briefing in response to a report that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed Mohammad Mustafa as the new Prime Minister. Lin said that any arrangement concerning the …

BEIJING: China stands against the U.S. interfering in China’s internal affairs under the pretext of human rights and values, and restraining China’s legitimate right to development in the name of competition, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday. Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a query about recent China-related comments from U.S. …

CHANGSHA: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected Changsha, capital city of central China’s Hunan Province, on Monday. During the inspection, Xi visited a campus of Hunan First Normal University and a battery materials joint venture. He learned about the university’s efforts in putting resources related to the Party’s heritage to great use, its …

BEIJING: Probing Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), replacing China-made cranes at U.S. ports, slamming China’s 5G devices … U.S. politicians view anything impeding U.S. hegemony as a potential threat to U.S. national security. Time and again, U.S. politicians have used protectionism as a national security concern. The story is an old one by now. Sadly, they fail to realize that such …

BEIJING: The Chinese economy has maintained good recovery momentum, beginning the year on a solid note as the country’s macro policies took effect, official data showed Monday. In the first two months of 2024, most key indicators saw sound increases, employment remained generally stable, and new economic growth drivers and advantages began accumulating, according to the National Bureau of Statistics …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday congratulated Vladimir Putin on his reelection as Russian president. In recent years, the Russian people have united as one, overcome challenges, and made steady progress towards national development and revitalization, Xi said, adding that the reelection of Putin as Russian president fully reflects the Russian people’s support for him. Russia will surely make …

BEIJING: China firmly supports the party and government of Cuba in improving people’s life and will continue to provide assistance for Cuba to overcome the current difficulties, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday. Lin made the remarks at a regular press briefing when answering a query concerning protest reported by Western media which erupted in Santiago, Cuba …

BEIJING: A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Monday highlighted cross-Strait mutual assistance while confirming the rescue of two individuals from Taiwan in the waters off the Fujian coast. People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are of the same family and naturally will help each other when an accident occurs on the sea, said Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the …

BEIJING: A symposium was held in Beijing to study a recent speech on Taiwan-related work made by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. The symposium was held by the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, jointly with the Central Committee of the …

NANNING: China’s rail-sea intermodal trains have completed 2,000 trips along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor since the beginning of 2024, achieving the first-quarter target ahead of schedule. On Sunday morning, a cargo train loaded with 108 containers departed from Qinzhou railway container center station in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, heading for Sichuan Province. This marked the 2,000th …

KUNMING: Local authorities in southwest China’s Yunnan Province reported on Sunday that four people have died in forest fires in two separate incidents. Three people died when a forest fire broke out in Douge Village in Lincang City at about 6:10 p.m. on Saturday. The blaze engulfed an area of approximately 5.33 hectares, said the local publicity department. Another person …

CHONGQING: Without a driver, an online car-hailing service arrives as scheduled, the passengers sit in the back seat, and the steering wheel turns autonomously… This is not a movie clip, nor a novel plot, but a common commuting scene in Yongchuan District, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Traveling in such a self-driving vehicle in Chongqing, a mountainous city known for its …

BEIJING: China’s national observatory on Saturday renewed a yellow alert for thick fog in some parts of the country. Parts of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and coastal areas of Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces will experience fog on Saturday, with visibility falling to less than 1,000 meters, the National Meteorological Center said. Heavy fog will also shroud …

BEIJING: The latest petition from five U.S. labor unions requesting the Biden Administration to review China’s so-called subsidies for its shipbuilders has prompted a backlash from China, calling the move ill-founded and hazardous. Under a so-called section 301 case, the unions urged the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to take measures, including the imposition of port fees on Chinese-built …

BEIJING: An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on ensuring that the self-reform of the Party is carried forward, will be published on Saturday. The article by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will be published in this year’s sixth issue of the Qiushi Journal, a …

HARBIN: A new international freight train route linking Harbin, the capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, with Tilburg in the Netherlands, has been launched, becoming the first China-Europe freight train service connecting the border province with a city in the Netherlands. A cargo train loaded with 1,300 tonnes of amino acid in 55 containers departed from the station of Harbin …

SHIJIAZHUANG: Seven were killed and 27 others injured following an explosion in north China’s Hebei Province on Wednesday, local authorities said Thursday. The blast, suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, occurred at 7:54 a.m. Wednesday at a shop in Yanjiao township in the city of Sanhe, according to the city’s emergency management bureau. All the injured have …

BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Wednesday said that an early settlement of the situation on the China-India border serves the common interests of China and India, adding that it is hoped that the two countries will find a solution to relevant border issues that can be accepted by both sides at an early date. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made …

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang has called for efforts to deepen the integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, and accelerate the cultivation of new driving forces and new advantages of high-quality development. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during an …

BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping has sounded the clarion call for reform during the country’s annual key political season, dispelling concerns about whether China’s reform is “stagnating,” or its economy is “losing steam.” “We must plan major moves to deepen reform to inject strong impetus into promoting high-quality development and advancing Chinese modernization,” President Xi said at the annual sessions …

Credit: CGTN Severing “diplomatic” ties with China’s Taiwan region, Nauru recently became the 183rd country to recognize the fact that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. In some corners, however, this indisputable fact continues to run into denialism. Laura …

Credit: Global Times Following a highly politicized weekend in Taiwan, over 80 countries have come out to reaffirm their commitment to the one-China principle. Standing in stark contrast is the US, which issued a statement congratulating the DPP leader, a self-professed “pragmatic worker for Taiwan independence,” in a move that threatens to exacerbate tensions in the Taiwan Straits and jeopardize …

Credit: Global Times Congratulating a “presidential election” as “victory of democracy,” sending delegations to the “inauguration” of the newly-elected — these are protocol arrangements that are quite usual between sovereign countries when either side has elected a new head of state. It would seem rather peculiar and quite weird if such practices took place between a country and a region …

TAIYUAN: A Buddhist temple dating back to the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) has been unraveled in Pingcheng District, Datong City of north China’s Shanxi Province. Believed to have been an official temple or a royal one, the ancient temple is located some 300 meters from the palace ruins of the Northern Wei Dynasty, with a pagoda as its center, said …

TIANJIN: Cruise ship Zuiderdam, operated by Holland America Line, docked at Tianjin International Cruise Home Port in north China’s port city of Tianjin, on Monday morning, with over 1,100 tourists from 30 countries and regions aboard. This marks the maiden visit of the cruise ship, measuring 285 meters in length and 32 meters in width, to Tianjin, where it will …

HAIKOU: The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has confirmed the launch of an intelligent breeding platform for breeding data processing. The platform, jointly developed by the Hainan-based National Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), the Institute of Crop Sciences under the CAAS and Alibaba’s DAMO Academy, features world-leading data capacity, speed and data security measures. It has realized integration of the …

TAIYUAN: Five miners were killed and another two missing as a warehouse in a colliery shaft collapsed in north China’s Shanxi Province, authorities said. The accident happened at 10:45 p.m. Monday at Taoyuan Xinlong coal industrial corporation in Zhongyang County, burying seven people, according to the publicity department of the county’s Party committee. As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, five bodies …

HEFEI: Seven people were dead and two more remained trapped underground after a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in east China’s Anhui Province on Monday, rescuers said. The accident happened at about 12:10 p.m. at the Xieqiao coal mine of Huaihe Energy when 24 miners were working underground in the mine shaft. Twenty-two miners managed to return to …

BEIJING: The 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, concluded its second session Monday. Chinese leaders Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng attended the closing meeting of the session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Zhao Leji, executive chairperson of the session’s presidium, presided over the meeting …

HARBIN: Jiang Shumei learned the first Chinese character at the age of 60. Now, at the age of 87, the granny in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province is a proud author of six books. “I never imagined, even in my wildest dreams, that I, who received no education in my childhood years, would one day publish a book,” said the writer …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday congratulated Asif Ali Zardari on his election as president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In his message, Xi said China and Pakistan are good neighbors, good friends, good partners and good brothers, adding that the two countries’ iron-clad friendship is a choice of history and a precious treasure of the two peoples. …